GEC Huckleberry Boy's Knife

Incredible family resemblence! Here's my Smooth Ivory Bone example:



The Huckleberry Boy's Knife is an excellent value for the $$$!
 
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gunstockjack said:
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I thought the first runs of Boys Knives were mighty fine-- still do-- but there's something special about these bareheads. It's pretty crazy, how something so good just keeps getting better.

Speaking of crazy:
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My gracious, what beautiful bone.

~ P.
 
For some reason, the bare headed version is more pocket friendly (for my particular pockets) than my capped version. I am thinking it is due to slightly lighter weight and also the handle. The wood covers on my bare head are flat, where as the ebony covers on my capped Huckleberry are rounded, making the knife a little thicker all around. Anyone else notice this, or am I just imagining a difference?
 
gunstockjack said:
Incredible family resemblence! Here's my Smooth Ivory Bone example:
The Huckleberry Boy's Knife is an excellent value for the $$$!
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I received one just like this on Thursday. They are wonderful knives regardless of the $$$. I can see it becoming one of my favorites.

jwh
 
SubSpace said:
For some reason, the bare headed version is more pocket friendly (for my particular pockets) than my capped version. I am thinking it is due to slightly lighter weight and also the handle. The wood covers on my bare head are flat, where as the ebony covers on my capped Huckleberry are rounded, making the knife a little thicker all around. Anyone else notice this, or am I just imagining a difference?
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Interesting observation. I've noticed that, in general, GEC's bareheads tend to flare toward the butt end, rendering them wider at that end than capped versions. From what I can see, this remains the case with the Boy Knives.

I don't have a direct cover-to-cover comparison with a barehead and capped version (I have a barehead bone, capped ebony), but I can see what you mean about the barehead's sides being flatter. With my two examples, the capped version does have slightly more rounded sides.

The two knives are roughly the same thickness from pivot to the midpoint, but the capped version feels thicker due to the slightly rounded surface. From that midpoint, the capped knife maintains the same thickness until tapering into the rear bolster while the barehead has a steady flare yea unto its bare end. (Er,
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.) Yet, the barehead feels thinner (even though it isn't, mid-point on) because of the relative flatness of its covers.

The differences are subtle, but not imagined. Funny how a little thing or two can make a difference in one's preferences. :)

~ P.
 
Any more pictures of the Cocobolo clip blade version? I can't stop looking at that version and I think it might be what I'm going to get for my little brother as a graduation present but I will also get one for me lol. I don't think I would be able to have that knife in hand then just give it away without having one for myself! ;) I'm torn between 2 and 1 blade though. I'm thinking 1 blade because it will be better for the watch pocket. The 2 blade one fits in there fine too but the 1 blade just fits better it basically disappears in there.
 
Here's my barehead Boys Knife with ebony covers. I like this version of the Boys Knife over the capped version - makes for a nice, long, ebony, slab which is further enhanced by the lack of a shield.

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pertinux said:
Interesting observation. I've noticed that, in general, GEC's bareheads tend to flare toward the butt end, rendering them wider at that end than capped versions. From what I can see, this remains the case with the Boy Knives.~ P.
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They're built on the same frame and are the same width Sarah. The End Cap I believe causes an illusion and makes the knives with an end cap look narrower and less flared that the barehead versions. My .02¢.
 
Modoc ED said:
They're built on the same frame and are the same width Sarah. The End Cap I believe causes an illusion and makes the knives with an end cap look narrower and less flared that the barehead versions. My .02¢.
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Hmmm. As I mentioned, I don't didn't have a barehead Boys Knife with which to compare, just a Barlow.

Yet, I believe we might be talking about two different "widths." The knives are of course the same width when viewed from the side (oriented as your knives are above, ie, with a mark side view); their covers both exactly follow the lines of the scales underneath.

However, my Barlow is definitely wider at the bare end when viewed from the top. The Boys Knife is narrower (slimmer?) even before the bolster, while the bolster itself tapers down even further at the very end. The barlow's covers flare out at an even angle from the bolster through the bare end.

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(Ruler fail, but you get the idea.)

Here, I've lined them up as closely as I could inner-springs to inner-springs:
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Annnnd, this just in: in writing the above, I realized I do now have a barehead Boys Knife, in white bone. The effect is the same:

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It's hard to catch the differences with my camera (and its operator's skills), but if I line up either the barlow or bareheaded Boys Knife with the capped version as shown above and hold a straight edge against the bareheaded knife's sides, the straight edge flares out past the sides of the capped Boys Knife.

It's not a huge difference by any means, but it's there. At least to my senses. ;)

~ P.
 
That's what I thought you were talking about when you originally brought this up as my ebony 25 little jack does this exact same thing with the flare at the end. Those are some great comparison pictures though.
 
pertinux said:
Yet, I believe we might be talking about two different "widths." The knives are of course the same width when viewed from the side (oriented as your knives are above, ie, with a mark side view); their covers both exactly follow the lines of the scales underneath. ~ P.
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That's where our differences lie Sarah - "the way we're looking at it - from the side or top/bottom.

Capped or Barehead, they're nice knives.
 
jkulysses - looking at my pic of the cocobolo, I realized the color is a little off - it's definitely darker (richer?) than it appears in the photo. I'll try to get a better pic tomorrow...
 
Modoc ED said:
That's where our differences lie Sarah - "the way we're looking at it - from the side or top/bottom.
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I thought that might be it!

Good thing; my enjoyment of my own knives ends where calipers start, so I'd gone as far as I could trying to think about or describe this. Heh. Thanks. :)

Capped or Barehead, they're nice knives.
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Absolutely! I love what GEC is doing with these #15s, and how the barehead takes the Boys Knife to a wholly new level. The expanse of cover material that you've pointed out before, especially in the smooth woods or bone, really appeals to me as well. :thumbup:

~ P.
 
jwren said:
jkulysses - looking at my pic of the cocobolo, I realized the color is a little off - it's definitely darker (richer?) than it appears in the photo. I'll try to get a better pic tomorrow...
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That is actually good to hear because I really love the pictures that Subspace posted on post #199 and the one Sonnemann posted in post #167. I especially love Sonnemann's if that picture is true to color! The picture you posted up jwren doesn't look bad by any means it just looks lighter in color closer to Bocote or something. :)
 
Mine was taken in direct sunlight to show off the chatoyance of the wood, so I would say that Subspace's is probably a better representation of what it looks like in most situations. Of course each specimen will vary (I would like jwren's just as much as I like mine, for example) and I think photography and lighting has a lot to do with how it's portrayed. Cocobolo can be tricky stuff but all examples I have had from GEC have been stunning.
 
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